U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Strader, Abel (1863-1946) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 577 ABEL STRADER is a native of Upshur County, born March 13, 1863, on Grassy Run. The son of Simon and Permelia E. (Tenney) Strader. Simon Strader was a son of Martin, who was the son of John Strader. The mother of the subject of this sketch was a daughter of Samuel Tenney, who was the son of James Tenney, a Revolutionary soldier, who emigrated from Massachusetts with his wife, whose maiden name was Thankful Shippie, to the waters of the Middle Fork, in 1814. James Tenney was the son of James Tenney of England. On April 22, 1883, he married Mary Ours, the daughter of Nicholas Ours and Hettie Bryan, the daughter of James Bryan of Virginia, and the granddaughter of Nicholas Ours, Sr., who came here in 1800. Children: I. N., born March 26, 1884; Elihu M., born February 23, 1885; Esther L., born January 22, 1888; Quincy, born April 12, 1890. I. N. married O. E. Tenney; Elihu M. married Minnie I. Hoover; Esther L. married H. H. Westfall. Mr. Strader's father was a very devout Christian and loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was an Exhorter of that Church, and made frequent and earnest appeals to his neighbors on religious subjects. The subject of this sketch follows in the footsteps of his father in religious matters. He is a merchant and farmer, a tanner and blacksmith, and has done much carpenter work for his neighbors. His store is located at Nixon on the B. & O. R. R. His farm, tannery and blacksmith shop lie two miles north of Nixon. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #7624 FULL-NAME: Abel Strader BIRTH-DATE: March 13, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: June 2, 1946 (at age 83y-2m-20d) DEATH-PLACE: R.F.D.2, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Simon Strader (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Permela E. Tenney (born in Upshur Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arterio Sclerosis INFORMANT: J. T. Strader (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Upshur Co., W.Va. (wife of Abel Strader) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #1315 FULL-NAME: Mary Strader BIRTH-DATE: November 10, 1862 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: January 5, 1941 (at age 78y-1m) DEATH-PLACE: Strader, Washington District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (to Abel Strader) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Nicholad Ours (born in Va.) MOTHER: Hettie Anna Bryne (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of Omentum / Frailties of age BURIAL: Mt. Carmel ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------